Doylestown Township Awarded $4.4M For PFAS Mitigation Projects

DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVEST) has awarded a $4,415,435 grant to the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority for a water treatment project in the Doylestown Hunt neighborhood.

The grant was announced by State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Tim Brennan and is funded by the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Doylestown Township Municipal Authority will use the funds to construct a 45-foot-by-25-foot PFAS treatment facility to address PFAS contamination in two existing wells. The facility will house carbon filtration units, as well as iron and manganese treatment units, to remove the PFAS contaminants from the groundwater.

“I advocated for these funds for this critical project in Doylestown Township because clean, safe drinking water is a constitutional right of all Pennsylvanians,” said Senator Santarsiero. “Infrastructure upgrades like this ensure our residents do not have to worry about potential health effects from contaminated water.”

“This is a significant investment into our water treatment system, and I appreciate PENNVEST’s attention to our community’s infrastructure needs,” Rep. Brennan said. “Ensuring that everyone has access to safe water is a fundamental responsibility of government, and this project demonstrates a strong commitment to reducing public health risks and protecting the environment – lending to our community’s overall wellbeing.”

The project will bring the authority's PFAS and manganese levels into regulatory limits significantly reducing health risks typically associated with PFAS and manganese contamination in drinking water.